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Leptis

Leptis

See also: leptis

Latin

Proper noun

Leptis f (genitive Leptis); third declension

  1. Multiple ancient cities in Africa including:
    1. Leptis Magna (an ancient city near Khoms in modern Libya)
    2. Leptis Parva (an ancient city near Monastir in modern Tunisia)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Leptis
genitive Leptis
dative Leptī
accusative Leptim
ablative Lepte
vocative Leptis
locative Lepte

References

leptis

leptis

See also: Leptis

Latin

Adjective

leptīs

  1. dative masculine plural of leptus
  2. dative feminine plural of leptus
  3. dative neuter plural of leptus
  4. ablative masculine plural of leptus
  5. ablative neuter plural of leptus
  6. ablative feminine plural of leptus

References

  • LEPTIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • leptis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • leptis in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly